The admittance to the museum is on a paid basis in cash only.

Pricelist valid from 01/09/2009:

	Single	Group*
Adult	20 ₪	15 ₪
Child	15 ₪	10 ₪
Senior citizen	15 ₪	10 ₪
Soldier	10 ₪	10 ₪

The railway museum in the Haifa east station is open Sunday through Thursday from 08:30 until 15:30 (excluding holidays and holiday eves).

* 25 visitors or more. 

 

By train
Groups of 25 visitors or more can arrive directly by train (the train stops by the museum) by prescheduling at least 48 hours in advance with the museum manager. Call us at:

Tel. 04-8564293
Fax: 04-8564310 

By car
From the north: drive on road 22 towards Haifa, turn right before the Hiram bridge in the direction of the Hof Shemen industrial zone. The entrance to the museum is located under the bridge.

From the south: from downtown Haifa drive towards road 22 to Akko, onto the Hiram bridge and after that turn right at the first turn, through Hamelakha street return under the bridge. 

 

The railway museum is housed in two structures connected by a bridge rising above the adjacent railway tracks . 

In the first building (the small museum):
You can find historical exhibits – stamps, maps, timetables, staffs, coins, tickets, pictures and information on the history of the exhibits and the general history of the train. Demonstrative exhibits which can be operated manually, a steam train, manual issue of a train ticket and a viewing hall for about 40 seats where groups may convene.

In the second building (the large museum):
Historical trains – locomotives and coaches, including explanations inside and outside the coaches. One coach contains 90 seats and four movie screens. Coaches of different kinds are located outside the building: A coach with a “bunker”, which includes a submachinegun, a coach of the Israel Electric Corporation, an animal corner with chickens and ducks and an area for lunch or picnic, suitable for groups of up to 40 people.
 

The coach and locomotive exhibition includes: 

Parlor car #98, which was built in 1922 for the officers of the mandate train and important visitors to the country, including Winston Churchill (subsequently the P.M. of Britain), the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie, Elisabeth queen of Belgium and David Ben Gurion. 

Ambulance car #4720 built in Belgium in 1893 for the Egyptian railway. The car was used by the British army for evacuating wounded soldiers during the conquest of Palestine in World War I. 

Steam locomotive #10 of the Hijazi railway manufactured by Krauss Germany in 1902. Was used mostly for shunting in stations and yards. This is the last steam locomotive left in Israel.

Ambulance car #4720	Parlor car #98	Steam locomotive #10